The day after always stings. For the 18,006 Ranger fans inside Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, as well as the millions of others who watched Game 6 against Ottawa on television or listened on the radio, there will be countless “what ifs” over the coming days, weeks and months. Dreams of a deep playoff […]

This was just the final dagger. The Rangers were wounded, reeling, and ultimately done in by games they had almost all the way in the bag. So the 4-2 loss in Game 6 at home was a fitting outcome, another handshake line at the Garden, and the Rangers’ third series loss in their last four. […]

Senators 4, Rangers 2 At this point in Rangers time, there can be only one post-playoff theme: WAIT ‘TIL NEXT YEAR. Battling last night to stay alive in the playoff race, the Blueshirts — despite a valiant third period — came up short, 4-2, against an Ottawa sextet that proved, at least once in this […]